Carcass Characteristics and Nutrient Digestibility of Broiler Chickens Fed White Sorghum Supplemented with Graded Levels of Synthetic Methionine
The effect of feeding broiler chickens with white sorghum supplemented with graded levels of synthetic methionine on carcass characteristics and nutrient digestibility were investigated as 300 day old chicks were used for the experiment. They were randomly divided into five dietary treatments with 60 birds each and replicated thrice with 20 birds per replicate in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The experimental diets (white sorghum) were supplemented with synthetic methionine at 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5% for treatment T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. Results showed no significant effect (P>0.05) on carcass characteristics and internal organs but was significantly (P<0.05) different in nutrient digestibility amongst treatments. From this study, it was concluded that inclusion of synthetic methionine to white sorghum diets up to 0.5% in broiler ration was found to be beneficial at 0.5% for carcass characteristics and at 0.4% for nutrient digestibility without any deleterious effect.
Keywords: White sorghum, synthetic methionine, broiler, carcass, nutrient, digestibility.
